Updated on 13 October 2020 at 18.11 CET. The European Union may retaliate against the United States following damage to Airbus’ sales of aircraft to prospective clients from government subsidies to Boeing. The amount of annual trade that may be covered by EU retaliation is US $ 3.99 billion.
World Trade Organization
WTO – EU to FAST: let’s go slow
The European Commission circulated a paper to European Union member states on how it wants to approach ‘trade and sustainability’ in the World Trade Organization ahead of a member state meeting on the topic held on Monday. The key message: let’s go slow on trade and environment in the world …
WTO: The definitive end of optimism on the Appellate Body
The United States’s envoy to the World Trade Organization Dennis Shea poured cold water on any hopes – if there were any left – that this administration would enter into negotiations on reforming and restoring the institution’s Appellate Body.
Enforcement regulation trilogue: institutions still wide apart
Views on what should be included in the coming revamp of a trade ‘enforcement regulation’ tabled by the European Commission late last year are still wide apart.
WTO Corner: G20 trade meet, EU organic farming, Macao joins MPIA
It’s another busy week in World Trade Organization affairs. Today, a second round of ‘confessionals’ begins. It will lead to the de-selection of three further candidates to the post of director-general. Last week three candidates were de-selected from an original list of eight. Below, a selection of other notable WTO-related …
Steel, WTO leader selection, Mercosur at trade minister’s table
Protecting the steel industry, what to do with the EU Mercosur trade pact and finding common ground in the WTO director-general selection process were among the main topics discussed by trade ministers in Berlin today at an informal meeting hosted by the German presidency of the Council.
WTO Corner: DG candidates, fish talks, services trade
Geographical considerations trump trade diplomacy experience in choice of shortlist for DG post
Names of three eliminated WTO candidates for director-general emerging
The World Trade Organization is yet to announce the result of a first round of ‘confessionals’ as part of an iterative elimination process aimed at nailing down one final winner. But the name of the three candidates who are to formally drop out of the race early to become the …
WTO Corner: China gets Section 301 win, DG candidate confessionals, fish talks
Welcome back to our WTO Corner column for regular updates on trade diplomacy in Geneva. Panel gives China a full win in Section 301 tariff case The majority of WTO law experts would have said this case was a no-brainer. The panellists appointed to judge on the matter thought so …
EU-US: Dombrovskis hopes to build on lobster-lighters deal momentum
There is a small hiatus in EU trade policy as the European Commission awaits final confirmation of Valdis Dombrovskis as the next commissioner in charge of trade policy. But the Latvian top commission executive has played his care-taker role in full since late August and taken charge of the EU’s …